Storm hammers Coal County with flood waters, closed roads, lightning fires and light snow | Coalgate Record Register

Storm hammers Coal County with flood waters, closed roads, lightning fires and light snow

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—Photo courtesy of Tupelo Fire Chief Rick Ellis Tupelo and Coalgate firefighters were busy fighting a lightning-strike fire at the Gulf Exploration oil pump station Friday during one of the storms that drenched Coal

—Photo courtesy of District 2 Commissioner Nick Lee High water on CR 1645 off Polk Road north of Coalgate. There’s a bridge and a road somewhere under this river!

Several streets in Coalgate were closed Friday afternoon and night due to high water. This is S. Byrd St.

—Photo courtesy of Tupelo Fire Chief Rick Ellis Downtown Tupelo was hard hit with torrential rains Friday; Sharon Pickens’ Kountry Store in the background.

SH 31 Sgt. John O.Linton Memorial Highway on Saturday afternoon after Friday’s storms.

The raging Muddy Boggy Creek on CR 1755 east of Lehigh.

Coal Countians sweated out severe weather threats Friday, January 10,

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